JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



ing. But better still of adding his 

 name to our membership list. The 

 Doctor favored us with a fine paper 

 on hisobservations in Northern Maine 

 during the past summer. 



Hon. John Lewis Childs of Floral 

 Park, N. Y., one of our members, 

 writes us that The Warbler will be 

 published as a separate magazine, hav- 

 ing been previously a part 01 The 

 Mayflower. Rev. H. C. Munson of 

 Buckfield, Me., is to edit this new de- 

 parture, which is a guarantee that it 

 will be of interest to lovers of Nature. 

 We wish this new publication success. 



PRESIDENT'S ADDRESS. 



Seventh Annual Meeting of The Maine 



Ornithological Soicety, Portland, 



Me., Nov.. 28, 29, 1902. 



Members of the Maine Ornithological 



Society: 



The efforts we have put forth during 

 the past seven years to establish a 

 Natural History Club in our State 

 seem at last to have beei rewarded. 

 With a membership large enough to 

 pay the current expenses of the year, 

 with a publication that win? honor in 

 our own state and respect abroad, we 

 may feel certain that we have thus far 

 performed our mission weV It is, 

 therefore, with deep feelings of pleas- 

 ure that I greet you today. In behalf 

 of that love of nature which like the 

 renaissance of the middle ages has in 

 the last few years touched with a liv- 

 ing flame the hearts of men; for out- 

 door life which is giving to wearied 

 nerves a quiet calm, in behalf of our 

 mute brethren of the earth and air, 

 and in behalf of the boys and girls of 

 Maine, I greet you. 



The past year has been one of pleas- 

 ure and profit. We have seen many 

 of our cherished hopes come to fruit- 

 ion, and we have increased our mem- 



bership to an extent that promises 

 much for the future. 



Circular No. 1 has been issued and 

 has done much to spread the fact of 

 our organization and explain our mis- 

 sion 



Our editor has not been hampered 

 by lack of copy or by lack of funds to 

 promptly publish the same. The 

 Journal has by the intrinsic worth of 

 its articles commanded the respect of 

 the ornithologists of the land. Adver- 

 tisers have begun to seek its aid 

 in the disposition of their wares, and 

 exchanges have been uniformly courte- 

 ous and complimentary. I can not too 

 highly praise the work of Mr. Swain, 

 our present editor, and I recommend 

 his re-appointment if he can be per- 

 suaded to assume for another year the 

 most arduous office within the gift of 

 the society. 



The editor's chair is the only one 

 that calls for constant and unremitting 

 toil, and contributes more to the 

 standing of our society than all the 

 other officials can possibly bring 

 about. "By their works ye shall 

 know them;" and as the Journal is the 

 only work that, in the eyes of many, 

 emanates from our society, we should 

 see to' it that it represents the best 

 that we can give. The Journal is the 

 voice of our society, and speaks for 

 us to the ornithologists of the world. 

 To the extent then that our articles 

 are clearly, forcefully, and beautifully 

 written, to that same extent are we 

 dignified in the eyes of its readers. 

 One error in the record of occur- 

 rences, one hasty, careless note, one 

 undignified article may belittle us for- 

 ever. 



Scientific men are critical to a 

 fault. We might even call them 

 cranks, but I like better to say that 

 it is this very exactness in details 

 that makes them scientific. So long 



